With the Droneguide mobile application Skeyes and the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority guide drone pilots through the Belgian airspace. The app informs drone users in a comprehensible and intuitive way on which legal requirements they have to comply with for piloting a drone in Belgium.
Pilots can use the app to consult location-based information on airspace structure. After selecting a drone type and defining a flight profile (height and radius), the pilot can validate his/her flight against the applicable regulation. That way, it is displayed whether the flight is authorized or forbidden in the desired flight area, based on permanent or temporary airspace restrictions. Furthermore, users receive general information regarding the required qualifications (pilot) and licences for flying drones in Belgium.
After creating an account (e-mail address / password) more functions are activated:
• Fly Now function: when the ‘Fly Now’ button has been activated, it indicates whether other drones are nearby that require the pilot’s attention.
• Logbook: when the function has been activated, a logbook is automatically created (device, date, time, location).
Droneguide is an Android Maps & Navigation app developed by UniFly NV and published on the Google play store. It has gained around 1000 installs so far, with an average rating of 3.0 out of 5 in the play store.
Droneguide requires Android with an OS version of 4.4 and up. In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. Droneguide is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly.
Android Emulator is a software application that enables you to run Android apps and games on a PC by emulating Android OS. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. However, emulators consume many system resources to emulate an OS and run apps on it. So it is advised that you check the minimum and required system requirements of an Android emulator before you download and install it on your PC.
Below you will find how to install and run Droneguide on PC:
If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the Droneguide ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC. In addition, you can check the minimum system requirements of the emulator on the official website before installing it. This way, you can avoid any system-related technical issues.